Lazare: Unpatriotic opposition

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Doug quoted:
> Le Monde diplomatique - January 2003
> 
> APPOINTMENT WITH WAR
> Unpatriotic opposition
> 
> by DANIEL LAZARE * 
> Hardly a week goes by without a prominent liberal blasting the 
> movement for its lack of patriotism, its hostility to mainstream 
> American values, or its blanket opposition to US military power. If 

And there is a good reason.  Rhetoric may be good for venting
frustrations, but otherwise it is hot air.  If moral condemnations
carried even slightest weight, US (and other world powers) would have
crumbled long time ago.  Left political discourse is glaringly devoid of
any new ideas - at best, it is merely reacting to the initiatives taken
by the corporate state, at worst - it assumes outrageous postures to
piss off the parents.  In that light, the proposition that the
"movement" develops a broader popular appeal may not be very innovative,
but at least it makes common sense.  You do not want to piss off people
whom you are trying to influence.

Wojtek